Science
Of the 4 general types of biological molecules, proteins, carbohydrates, lipids and nucleic acids, which one typically accounts for the majority of dietary calories in the human diet?
CARBOHYDRATES
What does the abbreviation WWW stand for?
World Wide Web
Name at least 4 types of engineering.
Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, Industrial, Computer, Aerospace, Nuclear, Biomedical, Materials, Marine, Software, Chemical, etc.
Round the number 535,279 to the nearest ten-thousand:
540,000
Who invented the lightbulb?
Thomas Edison
What organelle functions to isolate a human cell’s chromosomes from the cytoplasm?
NUCLEUS
When was the first computer invented?
1943
What type of engineer would most likely design the body of a Formula One racecar?
Mechanical Engineer (Or Aerospace)
Reduce the following fraction to a proper fraction in lowest terms: 125/1000
1/8
What country has the largest population in the world?
China
What is the only common substance on Earth that exists naturally in the solid, liquid and gaseous states?
WATER
Virtual reality (VR) is an entirely virtual/digital world; which technology combines the real and digital world?
Augmented Reality (AR)
This field of science is used heavily in engineering, it describes how nature (matter and energy) behaves.
Physics
The number 4.56 × 1011 has how many zeroes?
9
Name of father of Nemo from ‘Finding Nemo’ was?
Marlin.
What atomic particle balances the charge of protons to produce a neutral atom?
ELECTRON
Which part of the computer fetches, decodes, and executes the programming instructions?
CPU (Central Processing Unit).
In electricity, voltage is measured in volts while current is measured in …….?
Amperes (amps)
Find the volume, in inches cubed, of a rectangular solid whose dimensions are 3-inches by 5-inches by 8-inches:
120
Which famous US president delivered the Gettysburg Address in 1862?
Abraham Lincoln
What process involves a nucleated cell doubling its DNA and duplicating chromosomes so the cell can then divide and produce two identical daughter cells?
MITOSIS
What was the first computer system that used color display?
Apple 1.
What is the vocabulary term for a limiting obstacle to an engineering project? (Hint: starts with a "C")
Constraint. When we made our pasta structures we had a resource and time constraint!
Convert 150% into a mixed fraction in lowest terms:
1 1/2
Which is the bird that can fly backward?
Hummingbird